Bullous emphysema versus diffuse emphysema: A functional and radiologic comparison

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Mura, Marco ^a,d   Zompatori, Maurizio ^b   Mussoni, Andrea ^a   Fasano, Luca ^a   Grazia Pacilli, Angela Maria ^a   Ferro, Orazio ^c   Schiavina, Mario ^a   Fabbri, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Rasori   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullous emphysema; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diffuse emphysema; High resolution computed tomography

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLISTER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 12144260091     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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